FY25 Proposed Budget

• Received an additional 20 Housing Choice Vouchers and 7 Stability Vouchers for permanent support housing for households experiencing homelessness. • The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program has 164 active participants. It is noteworthy that this is one of the largest FSS programs nationally. This program helps participants build a savings account as their income increases while working toward their goals with the FSS Coordinator. Awarded funds to hire a 2 nd FSS Coordinator. • Deposit over $550,000 annually into FSS Participant Escrow accounts. • Collaborated with Shelter House to administer 60 project-based vouchers at the 501 Project and Cross Park Place for individuals experiencing homelessness with a disabling condition. • Created a partnership with Shelter House in

2021 to receive 69 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) to assist persons who are chronically homeless. All EHV vouchers have been issued. Effective October 1, 2023, 66 qualifying families and individuals are under lease. • Maintained 86 public housing units and 16 additional affordable units for households with low income in the community.

Upcoming Challenges:

• Staff capacity to administer all existing and new programs including those funded with ARPA and HOME-ARP funds allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act. • Training and compliance for new HUD requirements that add complexity to projects and demand more time from staff and subrecipients. • Developing and updating policies and procedures for existing and new programs in order to meet substantial changes in regulations and shifting community priorities. • Meeting HUD timeliness standards for expenditure of funds. • Successful administration of the HOME-ARP funds. • Staff capacity for monitoring and oversight of projects and affordable housing as we expand efforts and increase the number of affordable units under compliance. • Continue to maximize our federal resources, particularly the Mainstream and Emergency Housing vouchers which provide housing assistance to our most vulnerable populations. • Landlord retention in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. • Developing a cost-effective maintenance and physical improvement plan for public housing with dwindling annual capital improvement funds from HUD. • Establishing policies and getting buy-in from property owners to address maintenance and replacement of aging HVAC systems in rental units. • Expansion of efforts to meet the needs of the community while providing the same level of service for existing programs.

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